Zaidoon Khouri
Director, Finance Investment and Trade @Millennium Challenge Corporation
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WORK HISTORY
Director, Finance Investment and Trade @Millennium Challenge Corporation
Washington, DC, US
Main responsibilities:• Driving MCC’s private sector engagement and blended finance initiatives• Leading cross-functional teams to source, design, and execute strategic investments • Conducting market intelligence and industry analysis in partner countries, seeding social impact project pipelines• Structuring public-private partnerships and other blended finance transactions, leveraging MCC grants to catalyze private investment and economic growth• Fostering stakeholder engagement and building strong relationships from grassroots to C-suite executives and government leaders• Winning Investment Committee approval through comprehensive analysis and persuasive presentations, securing MCC funding for high-impact projects• Providing strategic direction, oversight, and technical assistance to implementing partners• Championing MCC’s mission through expert external representation and public speaking engagements, promoting partnership and thought leadershipKey accomplishments:• Created and operationalized the Private Sector Opportunities Assessment, now a central methodology to MCC’s blended finance and program development strategy, grounding over $1 billion in investments across partner nations • Championed innovative financing strategies by leading MCC’s first Build-Operate-Transfer with viability gap funding and MCC’s only capitalization of a credit guarantee facility• Pioneered the first-of-its-kind U.S. Government blended finance platform by developing, negotiating, and operationalizing the American Catalyst Facility for Development in partnership with the U.S. Development Finance Corporation (DFC), providing MCC grant capital to make DFC deals bankable in high-risk emerging and frontier markets• Served as MCC’s key representative on two prominent White House initiatives: Prosper Africa and the President\'s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa
EDUCATION
Harvard Kennedy School
Executive Education Program, Public Private Partnerships for Infrastructure
The Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Studies and Economics
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Master of Arts (M.A.), International Relations and Economics
Université Paris-Sorbonne
Cours De Civilization Francaise De La Sorbonne, French Language and Literature
SKILLS
ABOUT ZAIDOON KHOURI
I am an international development financier with 20 years of experience managing teams and transacting several billion dollars in emerging and frontier markets across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. I launched my career in investment banking, progressed to financial market analysis, and elevated to overseeing large-scale development programs. Now, as a seasoned blended finance expert, I drive strategic initiatives catalyzing private investment and I underwrite sustainable investments with impact capital. My passion is unlocking business opportunities to improve lives and build more prosperous communities. Transformational leader: Steering investment projects, yielding economic and financial returns with lasting social impact Solutions-driven collaborator: Fostering inclusive environments and driving results across diverse cultural and sectoral teamsEmerging market expert: Thought leader, compelling communicator and influential development finance speakerGlobal ambassador: Multilingual professional, cultivating strategic relationships, bridging cultural divides, and forging international partnerships
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